2006-03-27 by elwood@wsnconsult.com
Hey all Wondering if anyone has had the opportunity to use the new Lexjet Ultrasmooth Cotton or the new Ultrasmooth Gloss papers? I just recently received some
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2006-03-27 by elwood@wsnconsult.com
Tyler You have such a way with words! God bless you for being honest and trying to help younger, or at least more inexperienced folks from spending the next
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2006-03-27 by Clayton Jones
Hello Michael, ... Thanks for your (as usual) well thought out and well expressed reply. If you were to somehow go back and read all the things I ve posted
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2006-03-27 by john dean
Sorry to be so negative Paul but I used these regularly in large format Epson machines for a couple of years. I would suggest you cutting your loses and get
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2006-03-27 by john dean
I always found the tonality and dmax to be very good with the Lyson quads and Wilhelm had them rated around 120 Wil years. I belive they were originally
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2006-03-27 by Clayton Jones
Hello Gilbert, ... Congratulations (it s sort of like having a baby ). ... I routinely use MK. I got started on that originally because I dislike the
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2006-03-27 by Ken Carney
Michael, I m a young 64 11/12 and have no problem hiking with my 4x5 or 8x10 field outfits in a backpack, if I wanted to, and I could use the digital gear too
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2006-03-27 by Tyler Boley
... Those photo papers I m sure would benifit from the Lyson inks, and if that s your desired goal I guess things are further complicated. This is certainly
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2006-03-27 by Michael Vendrell
And while we re on the subject of image receptor size - don t forget that depth-of-field is inversely related to actual aperture and NOT relative aperture
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2006-03-27 by psideburns
Tyler, was it metamerism or something else that caused you frustration with these inks. Matte and fine art stuff dont look too bad but I got them to do glossy
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2006-03-27 by Greg
... include a ... I sent you and email. In case it got filtered I m posting notice here too.
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2006-03-27 by Tyler Boley
sorry, one more quick note- I have an i9900. A really good custom profile for that printer with it s OEM inks will do pretty decent B&W, compared to a dye
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2006-03-27 by Tyler Boley
I went through a lot of Lyson quad inks way back in 1999 and 2000. At the time they had three sets, cold, sepia, and neutral. I tried every concievable method
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2006-03-27 by psideburns
Just received and installed a brand new set of quad black inks from Lyson for my i9900. Using a new print head I put them in and using Lyson s recommended
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2006-03-27 by Michael Vendrell
YES - I didn t want to get into it earlier -- but working with view cameras especially 8x10 and larger - and to a lesser extent waist level ground glass
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2006-03-27 by Tyler Boley
let me preface this by saying I shoot commercially with Canon DSLRs regularly, they re fine. The larger capture backs, I m sure they are impressive, but the
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2006-03-27 by Greg
... testing ... http://www.photo-i.co.uk/Reviews/interactive/Epson%20V700/Page% 2016.htm Yahoo will probably kill that link, so you may have to cut and paste a
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2006-03-26 by Clayton Price
Hi Peter, I recall (probably from another forum) that you are scanning on the Minolta Multipro (didn t you send me Eric s name at Scanhancer?) I m still using
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2006-03-26 by Clayton Price
Hello All - Now these are the kinds of discussions that I find personally, most interesting. After all, one can only go so far with technical discussion (as
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2006-03-26 by john dean
John, A lot of that rightness is determined by HOW it is scanned ( scanner aperture in conjunction with scanner dpi, fluid, etc). That has a huge impact on
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2006-03-26 by dlruckus
Try going on X-Rites web site and looking under the support/documents section.There was a document called DTP20_COMMAND_INTERFACE there at one time. It
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2006-03-26 by mjvendrell2
And capture and initial processing (whether chemical development or digital, i.e. file type) is the only point in the entire process that is irreversable and
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2006-03-26 by Michael Vendrell
Yes,different. These (e.g. QTR = QuadToneRip) are separate programs. The ABW is, again, to oversimplify, a very specialized B&W RIP contained within, or
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2006-03-26 by Mel Lammers
So it is different than the ICC Profiles I use on my Epson 2400? Mel =^..^= Visit My Photosite http://www.mslammers.smugmug.com _____ From:
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2006-03-26 by Peter Marshall
Gary, Although I sympathise with you in that there are questions which are brought up time after time, I think we do have to revisit these topics relatively
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2006-03-26 by John Moody
John, Thanks for the detailed report. The reason I was interested in 35mm, is because the obvious film grain would be part of the “creative” work, that
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2006-03-26 by john dean
Yes John,I have. I am printing a limited edition portfolio from Howtek drum scans of 35mm Leica tri x negatives, 16x20 on Hahnemuhle Museum Etching right now.
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2006-03-26 by mjvendrell2
Raster Image Processor (or Program) It s a program that tells the printer what to do with the data that comes from the computer - e.g. which ink, how much
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2006-03-26 by Eric Neilsen Photo 2
John, I will be happy to share my results when I have them. There are so many new aspects that I need just a little free time. I can t speak to K6/K7 for now.
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2006-03-26 by Michael Vendrell
When I get a break from my day job (I m a medical imaging specialist with sub-sub specialty in Breast MRI and CAD for such) and moving houses I m intending
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2006-03-26 by Michael Vendrell
John, and I agree with you as well in the vein of this is better that that ... yada, yada, yada.... Michael ...
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2006-03-26 by Michael Vendrell
Peter, YES that s him and his web-site. Clayton Jone s site also has a link to a two-Part interview with him. Sorry for my sloppy spelling of his name. I
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2006-03-26 by John Moody
Pardon me for not changing the subject previously. Best regards, John Moody ... From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
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2006-03-26 by John Moody
Michael, Agreed. My disappointment, and I believe what the post you responded to addressed, is the run-on commentary with little substance.
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2006-03-26 by Peter Marshall
Hi Michael, Do you mean Nicholas Hartmann http://www.nhartmann.com/photography/ who is the son of Erich Hartmann who was a fine photojournalist. He also
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2006-03-26 by davidkeasey
I would appreciat a scan of the strip, especially if you can include a good measurement reference in the same scan (to make sure I get the dimensions right). I
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2006-03-26 by Mel Lammers
I looked for a set of terms in Files, but didn t find one. I need the definiton of RIP. Mel
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2006-03-26 by Michael Vendrell
I agree with those who feel this is ON topic and is of interest to me. I did in fact receive new knowledge and inspiration from this thread. Digital is in a
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2006-03-26 by Gary Brown
Eric: The fact is, this topic and several others which seem to be on 1-3 month cycles are discussed adnausium each time. It usually starts with I m new to the
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2006-03-26 by Greg
... wrote: I would say to just order the cal strip, that way you know that the machine should be giving you what you need. Alternately you
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2006-03-26 by Sam McCandless
My goal, Guhan, is to use the same - and few - matte (I don t like glossy) papers for color as for B&W (including BO). But my old printers died only recently.
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2006-03-26 by Eric Neilsen
Gary, I didn t take it personally. (limited as it was ; ) ) Just curious as to while the delete key is hard for some people to use? Times change, peoples
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2006-03-26 by Gilbert Robinson
I took the plunge yesterday and bought an R2400. As advertised, I get neutral toned B&W out of the box. No more magenta & green casts that I got from the R800
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2006-03-26 by john dean
And please deliver us from the demons of photo history, and the irrational temptations of evil chemicals, for ever, and ever, Amen (the omniscient ghosts of
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2006-03-26 by Sam McCandless
... I got two copies of this post of Gary s. The other one was on the DigitalBW-PrintExchanges list, but I don t believe this thread has been running
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2006-03-26 by Michael Vendrell
Peter et al, Your list is so close to mine as to send chills down my spine. If I had to narrow it down to two heroes it would be Andre Kertesz and Edward
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2006-03-26 by G Guhan Gunaratnam
Hello, I ve found Clayton s article the Great Paper Chase helpful in getting an idea of papers to try. Though I ve made some very dumb mistakes I m enjoying
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2006-03-26 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Linearlzation is a great thing to do, and channel curves can be a very effective tool for smoothing channels. But they are not the same a full color
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2006-03-26 by Steve Kale
He/she only works on Sundays? I ve been praying all week - no wonder my wish didn t come true
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2006-03-26 by Clayton Jones
Yet Another Digital vs Film Thread Since it is Sunday I thought I would offer up a prayer. Regards, Clayton Info on black and white digital printing at
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